We’re not going to snidely insinuate anything about your ability to keep a plant alive. Plants are ruled by a temperamental and senseless god; everyone knows that. Can’t keep a cactus going? It’s not you! It’s the damn cactus. It hated you from the get-go. Fortunately, there are far more lenient (and cooler) alternatives to your average (vengeful) houseplant:
go green: Czech artist Veronika Richterova works malleable PET plastic bottles into surprisingly convincing, crinkly little cacti. DIY with a clay pot and your recycling. See them at www.veronikarichterova.com
challenge accepted: Plants You Can’t Kill, by Toronto artist Shannon Gerard, are darling, crocheted botanicals with the sting removed: they won’t die on you, and they don’t have thorns. $24 at www.buyolympia.com
eat your greens: Phenomenal DIY blogger Alana Jones-Mann schools us all on making cacti cupcakes, cacti hard candy, and shockingly adorable chocolate cacti treats. Houseplants have never been more edible. www.alanajonesmann.com
wood works: This wooden cactus box by New York City designer Matt Austin is carved from sustainable guanacaste and soft maple wood; it’s quirky, in a refined, un-kitschy way. $190 at www.bushwickcooperative.com
No green thumb? No problem. —Adrienne Matei
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